Dr. Michael Kester-Haynes

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Grade 4 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 21 (Grade 4 Counselor): Managing Worry and Stress

Help Grade 4 students manage worry and stress by naming concerns, sorting control, using coping tools, and seeking trusted adult support.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 4 Counselor): Building a Personal Coping Plan

Help Grade 4 students create coping plans with warning signs, preferred strategies, helpful self-talk, and trusted adult support.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 4 Counselor): My Strengths, Interests, and Values

Help Grade 4 students build self-awareness by identifying strengths, interests, values, and ways to contribute to classroom community.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 4 Counselor): Safe and Responsible Choices Across School

Help Grade 4 students make safe, respectful, and responsible choices across school settings while protecting safety, learning, and trust.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 4 Counselor): Setting and Tracking a Goal

Help Grade 4 students set realistic goals, choose action steps, track progress, and reflect on responsibility, growth, and school success.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 4 Counselor): Friendship Changes and Inclusion

Help Grade 4 students navigate changing friendships with empathy, inclusion, respectful communication, boundaries, and safe conflict-resolution skills.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 4 Counselor): Listening with Empathy and Respect

Teach Grade 4 students active listening by identifying facts, feelings, empathetic responses, and respectful communication skills.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 4 Counselor): Problem-Solving Steps

Teach Grade 4 students problem-solving steps to pause, predict consequences, choose safe solutions, and resolve conflicts respectfully.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 4 Counselor): Sizing Problems Accurately

Teach Grade 4 students to size problems, match responses, and know when to try a strategy, walk away, or get trusted adult help.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 4 Counselor): Strengths, Values, and Growth Areas

Help Grade 4 students identify strengths, values, interests, and growth areas while building perseverance and growth mindset.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 4 Counselor): Emotional Triggers and Support

Help Grade 4 students identify triggers, body clues, coping tools, and when to seek trusted adult support for strong feelings.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 4 Counselor): Feelings, Choices, and Consequences

Teach Grade 4 students to connect feelings, body clues, coping strategies, choices, and consequences for safer responses.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 4 Counselor): Belonging and Classroom Community

Help Grade 4 students build belonging through empathy, inclusion, respectful communication, and daily choices that strengthen classroom trust.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 4 Counselor): Self-Advocacy and Asking for Help

Teach Grade 4 self-advocacy with help-seeking phrases, trusted adult support, and strategies for knowing when to ask for help.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 4 Counselor): Coping Strategies for Different Situations

Help Grade 4 students match emotions, triggers, and body clues to coping tools like breathing, self-talk, breaks, problem-solving, and help-seeking.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 4 Counselor): Cooperation and Group Roles

Help Grade 4 students build cooperation skills with group roles, shared responsibility, respectful communication, and problem-solving.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 4 Counselor): Boundaries, Privacy, and Respect

Teach Grade 4 students to respect boundaries, privacy, belongings, and personal space through assertive communication and responsible choices.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 4 Counselor): Empathy in Action

Teach Grade 4 empathy with realistic scenarios that help students notice feelings, identify needs, choose caring responses, and build belonging.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 4 Counselor): Ready to Learn and Stay Organized

Help Grade 4 students build attention, organization, participation, and responsibility skills through ready-to-learn routines and scenarios.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 4 Counselor): Emotions, Triggers, and Body Clues

Help Grade 4 students identify emotions, triggers, body clues, and needs so they can notice strong feelings early and choose helpful next steps.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 4 Counselor): Meet the School Counselor

Help Grade 4 students learn when to try strategies, ask teachers, see the counselor, or seek trusted adult support for safety and school success.

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K-2 Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan (Grades K-2): Grocery Store Math Market - Counting Coins, Comparing Prices, and Making Smart Choices

Bring math and money skills to life with a K–2 Grocery Store Math Market where students count coins, compare prices, graph data, and shop on a budget.

Grade 5 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 5 Counselor): Grade 5 Counselor Celebration and Transition Reflection

Celebrate Grade 5 counseling growth with reflection on coping, empathy, problem-solving, responsibility, and middle school readiness.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 5 Counselor): Look How I Have Grown

Grade 5 counseling lesson helps students reflect on growth, strengths, coping, leadership, goals, and readiness for middle school.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 5 Counselor): Positive Leadership Before Middle School

Grade 5 counseling lesson on leadership, responsibility, empathy, integrity, positive influence, and middle school readiness.